LibriVox recording of An Exposition upon the Song of the Blessed Virgin Mary called Magnificat by Martin Luther. (Translated by John Hollybush.) Read in English by InTheDesert Luther's 1521 exposition of the Magnificat was written for John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (1503-1554), at that time a teenager. It was written in two parts, being interrupted by Luther's appearance at the Diet of Worms. It is sermonic in form but written to be read rather than heard. - Summary by InTheDesert For...
Topics: librivox, audiobooks, bible, sermon, Gospel of Luke, Reformation, magnificat
LibriVox recording of Why Armenia Should Be Free: Armenia's Role in the Present War by Armen Garo. Read in English by KevinS; Here is a trenchant argument for the Allied Supreme Council, established at the close of World War One, to recognize and defend the independence of Armenia and its people. Responding to President Wilson's call for the sovereignty of those who fought for self-determination during the war, the author outlines his people's suffering and their efforts to earn recognition of...
Topics: librivox, audiobooks, armenia, armenian independence
LibriVox recording of Institutes Of The Christian Religion Book 1 by John Calvin. (Translated by John Allen.)\ Read in English by David Ronald. Now, my design in this work has been to prepare and qualify students of theology for the reading of the divine word, that they may have an easy introduction to it, and be enabled to proceed in it without any obstruction. For I think I have given such a comprehensive summary, and orderly arrangement of all the branches of religion, that, with proper...
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LibriVox recording of A menina do narizinho arrebitado by José Bento Renato Monteiro Lobato. Read in Portuguese by Dyefferson Azevedo; Cristina Luiz; Monica Hinrichs-Mayer "A menina do narizinho arrebitado", publicado em 1920 e nunca reeditado, foi o primeiro livro infantil de Monteiro Lobato. Nesta obra, são introduzidas as personagens que depois ganhariam tantas outras edições e versões, o grupo do Sítio do Picapau Amarelo, um sítio no interior do Brasil: a senhora dona da...
Topics: librivox, audiobooks, literatura infantil, narizinho, sítio do pica-pau amarelo
LibriVox recording of O May I Join the Choir Invisible! and Other Favorite Poems by Various. Read in English by Bruce Kachuk These magical and timeless poems conceived by four of the world's master poets are crafted with the enchanting thoughts, superb imagery and reflective enlightenment of five deftly chosen life scenarios. The skilled hands of these poetic wordsmiths take us on a journey of yearning, hope, grief and wonder then leave us immersed in the joy of nature's simple blessings. These...
Topics: librivox, audiobooks, faith, wonder, hope, inspiration, dedication, classic poetry, yearning
LibriVox recording of Orlando Furioso (Canti 01-04) by Ludovico Ariosto. Read in Italian by a full cast. Sono i primi quattro canti del poema cavalleresco Orlando Furioso, in cui si intrecciano numerose vicende fantastiche incentrate sull’amore di Orlando (e di molti altri) per la bellissima ma ritrosa Angelica, fino a che Orlando impazzisce sapendo che Angelica si è unita al giovane Medoro, per cui il suo senno dovrà essere recuperato da Astolofo sulla luna cui giungerà in sella al mitico...
Topics: librivox, audiobooks, orlando, poema cavalleresco, ciclo carolingio, rinaldo
LibriVox recording of Little Masterpieces of Science - Mind by George Iles. Read in English by LibriVox Volunteers Another in the series "Little Masterpieces of Science" edited by George Iles, Mind is a collection of articles and book chapters that provide insight into the study of the workings of the mind in the nineteenth century. - Summary by J.M. Smallheer For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if...
Topics: librivox, audiobooks, children, twins, huxley, education, mind, memory, sight, common sense, fiske,...
LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 recordings of Unity by Violet Jacob. This was the Weekly Poetry project for February 27, 2022. Read in English by Algy Pug; atylerelder; Bruce Kachuk; dc; Newgatenovelist; Greg Giordano; yourbookvoice; KevinS; Krista Zaleski; Lee Ann Howlett; Larry Wilson; LeeSalter; Lee Vogler; Cavaet; Patrick Randall; RajVO and Rochelle Berenyi. Violet Jacob was a Scottish writer known especially for her historical novel Flemington and for her poetry, mainly in Scots....
Topics: librivox, audiobooks, nature, philosophy, literature, poetrey
LibriVox recording of Christus Consolator: Words for Hearts in Trouble by Handley Carr Glyn Moule. Read in English by InTheDesert This book is intended principally to remind those whose hearts the European War has stricken of the hope and comfort which lie ready for their wounds in our Lord Jesus Christ. I shall be glad indeed if anything in my pages may bring help to other sorrowing souls; for grief and death do not suspend their normal visitation among us, the infliction of the sore pains and...
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LibriVox recording of Secrets of the Friendly Woods by Rex Brasher. Read in English by KevinS. Rex Brasher is best known for his having painted in watercolor a complete set of all the extant American birds during his lifetime. This is a collection of his writing that serves as a kind of memoir. These are set on his 150-acre farm purchased in 1911 and never developed in his lifetime beyond a simple house and an outbuilding or two. - Summary by KevinS For further information, including links to...
Topics: librivox, audiobooks, ornithologist, artist, painter
LibriVox recording of The Immortal Moment by May Sinclair. Read in English by Kirsten Wever This is one of the later works of May Sinclair – a prolific author, literary critic, and feminist activist – famous in Britain and the US after the 1904 publication of The Divine Fire. The Immortal Moment concerns the defining episode in the life of Kitty Tailleur, a beautiful and enormously charming but “fallen” woman, who yearns to become respectable. As ever, Sinclair uses irony and...
Topics: librivox, audiobooks, fiction, society, fallen woman
LibriVox recording of A Wife Without A Smile by Arthur Wing Pinero. Read in English Mr. Rippingill can not get his wife to relax her stony features and smile. Maybe even laugh. "Avis - Lady Whitstable and the pickled salmon. Now consider for a moment, my pet - reflect. What a grotesque contrast! A fine, crusted specimen of our English aristocracy and - pickled fish! The mere contemplation of two images so violently opposed in itself makes for mirth. Doesn't it dearest?" But it is...
Topics: librivox, audiobooks, matrimony, mirth, seriousness
LibriVox recording of The Irish Nuns at Ypres: An Episode of the War by Dame M. Columban. Read in English by David Wales “…I have charged Dame M. Columban to give a detailed account of all that has befallen the Community, since the coming of the Germans to Ypres till our safe arrival at Oulton Abbey. I can therefore certify that all that is in this little book, taken from the notes which several of the nuns had kept, is perfectly true, and only a simple narrative of our own personal...
Topics: librivox, audiobooks, World War I, Catholic Church, Ypres, abbey, irish nuns, abbey of irish dames,...
LibriVox recording of The House on the Downs by Gladys Edson Locke. Read in English by J. M. Smallheer Mark Brandon, a writer from Australia is in England to visit an old friend, Sir Quenton Rotherdene. However, while walking across the Downs on his way there, he sees a mysterious woman and then finds a murder victim with a moonflower clasped in his hand. More mysterious happenings, shocks and surprises ensue! - Summary by J M Smallheer For further information, including links to online text,...
Topics: librivox, audiobooks, Mystery, murder, england
LibriVox recording of The B. B. Warfield Collection, Volume 4 by Benjamin B. Warfield. Read in English by InTheDesert This volume contains a prevalence of items relating to Warfield's interests in Christology and in the thought of John Calvin. It also contains his take on questions that many would not dare tackle like "Should one repent of original sin?" and several items of a more personal nature relating to his colleagues, friends and teachers. - Summary by InTheDesert For further...
Topics: librivox, audiobooks, theology, christianity
LibriVox volunteers bring you 11 recordings of On Seeing The Daibutsu - At Kamakura, Japan by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. This was the Weekly Poetry project for March 6, 2022. ------ Read in English by Algy Pug; Adrian Stephens; Bruce Kachuk; David Lawrence; Newgatenovelist; yourbookvoice; KevinS; Lee Ann Howlett; LeeSalter; Lee Vogler and Patrick Randall. Ella Wheeler started writing poetry at the age of 8, her first poem was published when she was 13. By the time she graduated high school, she was...
Topics: librivox, audiobooks, literature, poetry, philosophy, Japan
LibriVox recording of The Tale of Timothy Turtle (Version 2) by Arthur Scott Bailey. Read in English by DerekP; Kurt; Kurt; Kurt; Kurt; DerekP; DerekP; DerekP; DerekP; mleigh; mleigh; mleigh; SilentKnight; SilentKnight; yourbookvoice; yourbookvoice; Ellen Adams; MichelleF; Mary Balmer; MichelleF; Nan Dodge; Nan Dodge; Nan Dodge For a fellow that can only waddle slowly and spends a lot of time sleeping on the bottom of the pond, Timothy Turtle has a surprising number of adventures. This is...
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LibriVox recording of The Red Cross Girls with the Stars and Stripes by Margaret Vandercook. Read in English by LibriVox volunteers The Red Cross Girls are back one last time! In this final book of the series, some of our girls prepare to join the American soldiers in France during World War I. But, one other girl does make a surprise return to Europe, to join in the vocation they love so much. For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or...
Topics: librivox, audiobooks, World War I, France, soldiers, nursing
LibriVox recording of The Phantom Regiment; or, Stories of "Ours" by James Grant. Read in English by Ares Sancho and Jim Locke The title and a quick glance at the chapter titles of James Grant's The Phantom Regiment--such as "The Romance of the Month," "The Halt in Cork Wood," "Rio de la Muerte (Spanish for death)," Pedro, the Contrabandist," "A Legend of Fife," "The Midnight March--will lead you to realize that this book is filled...
Topics: librivox, audiobooks, Scottish
LibriVox recording of Ask Mamma: or The Richest Commoner In England by Robert Smith Surtees. Read in English by Volunteer Readers. Concidering that Billy Pringle, or Fine Billy, as his good-natured friends called him, was only an underbred chap, he was as good an imitation of a Swell as ever we saw. He had all the airy dreaminess of an hereditary high flyer, while his big talk and off-hand manner strengthened the delusion. It was only when you came to close quarters with him, and found that...
Topics: librivox, audiobooks, humor
LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of A Commonplace Day by Thomas Hardy. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for February 27, 2022. Read in English by Adrian Stephens; Bruce Kachuk; David Lawrence; Newgatenovelist; Greg Giordano; Giac LaGraff; Garth Burton; yourbookvoice; Krista Zaleski; Larry Wilson; LeeSalter; Lee Vogler; Winnifred Assmann and Winston Smith. Thomas Hardy OM was an English novelist and poet. A Victorian realist in the tradition of George Eliot, he was influenced...
Topics: librivox, audiobooks, literature, poetry, philosophy, nature
LibriVox recording of Letter 22 to Eustochium by Saint Jerome. (Translated by William Henry Fremantle.) Read in English by Geremia St. Jerome's most famous letter ( Libellus de virginitate servanda ), written to St. Eustochium, the sixteen-year-old daughter of the Roman widow St. Paula. St. Jerome exhorts St. Eustochium to embrace virginity and teaches her the proper conduct of a young woman. It contains his: 1. view that God, though omnipotent, cannot restore a fallen virgin (§5) 2. vivid...
Topics: librivox, audiobooks, Christianity, theology, virginity
LibriVox recording of The Boy Scouts Along the Susquehanna by St. George Henry Rathborne. Read in English by LibriVox volunteers The boys of the Silver Fox Patrol, after successfully braving a terrific flood, become entangled in a mystery that carries them through many exciting adventures. Herbert Carter is one of many pseudonyms used by St George Rathborne. For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please...
Topics: librivox, audiobooks, Mystery, Boy Scouts, rivers, swimming, scouts, flooding, problem solving
LibriVox recording of Over The Brazier by Robert Graves. Read in English by Cavaet; This book was the first published of Robert Graves' early poetry, from about fourteen to twenty years of age, and published during his time in the trenches in WW1, as a Captain in the Royal Welch Fusiliers. His subsequent friendships with both, Wilfred Owen, and Siegfried Sassoon, put him in the fore with the "War Poets". And whilst he himself believed that he was primarily a poet he is chiefly known...
Topics: librivox, audiobooks, poems, stars, knight, early work, nursery
LibriVox recording of Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 30, May 25, 1880 by Various. Read in English by LibriVox Volunteers Harper's Young People is an illustrated weekly publication for children that includes short stories, tales from history, natural history, poetry, puzzles, and other fun. This 30th issue of the serial was published on May 25th, 1880. In this issue, George Washington sets the tone for the new country and the presidency. In the continuing story, "Across the...
Topics: librivox, audiobooks, poetry, children, history, travel, dog, animals, books, short stories,...
LibriVox recording of Le dernier jour d'un condamné by Victor Hugo. Lu en français par Bidou Ce livre est le journal écrit par un condamné à mort dans sa dernière journée avant l’exécution, où il raconte ses dernières semaines depuis le procès et met son âme à nu. - Résumé par Bidou For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more...
Topics: librivox, audiobooks, peine de mort, livre à thème
LibriVox recording of Jean Craig, Graduate Nurse by Kay Lyttleton. Read in English by Librivox volunteers As Jean Craig finished her training and prepared for graduation, illness struck—first in her own family, and later in epidemics that swept the village of Elmhurst. It was with a deep feeling of satisfaction that Jean was able to give trained and efficient aid at the hospital. It was with equal satisfaction that she watched romance blossom between Dr. Benson, the fresh young intern, and...
Topics: librivox, audiobooks, family, illness, hospital, training
LibriVox recording of Optimism, An Essay by Helen Keller. Read in English by Michele Fry Though blind, deaf, and left-handed too, it seemed nothing could hold Helen Keller back. For her graduation from Radcliffe College in 1903, this 23 year old idealistic, charming, ever-striving, pampered young essayist wrote: "I find myself looking forward with beating heart and bright anticipations to what the future holds for me. My share in the work of the world may be limited; but the fact that it...
Topics: librivox, audiobooks, America, blindness, disability, optimism, deafness
LibriVox recording of The Airplane Boys among the Clouds by John Luther Langworthy. Read in English by LibriVox volunteers Elephant and Larry arrive at Sunrise Lake, looking for the Bird boys, Frank and Andy, who are trying out a new biplane. Many adventures await these young men in their airplane! For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more...
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LibriVox recording of Citadel of the Green Death by Robert Emmett McDowell. Read in English by Gerald Moe and Christine Rottger At the coldly gleaming Experimental Station they flung this choice in Outlaw Joel Hakkyt's teeth: "Grinding, endless slavery on Asgard, that Alpha Centauri hell—or a writhing, screaming guinea-pig's death here?" He chose Asgard, naturally. But what was natural—on Asgard? - Summary by Robert Emmett Mcdowell For further information, including links to...
Topics: librivox, audiobooks, adventure, revolution, alien planet
LibriVox recording of Elissa by H. Rider Haggard. Read in English by Keith Salis; Anthropologists have studied the ruins of a great city and temple in Zimbabwe, and it has left them in wonder. The construction and markings are Phoenician, but how was it developed so far South of the Fertile Crescent? Who built it and why? How was it destroyed? H Rider Haggard has elaborated on this in the novel, Elissa. It is the story of the love of Prince Aziel, an Israelite grandson of both Solomon the Wise...
Topics: librivox, audiobooks, africa, israelites, phoenecians, zimbabwe
LibriVox recording of Essays and Reviews by Charles Hodge. Read in English by InTheDesert. Charles Hodge, one of America's foremost theologians, founded the Princeton Review (originally 'Biblical Repertory') in 1825. Hodge took the opportunity to respond to many controversial issues in his day, touching theology, biblical interpretation, church controversy, missionary activity and social issues. The articles in this volume were collected by Hodge in 1857. Each section begins with a footnote...
Topics: librivox, audiobooks, theology, Bible, Christian, Reformed Theology, Princeton Theology,...
LibriVox recording of The Radio Gunner by Alexander Forbes. Read in English by James R. Hedrick; Originally published anonymously in 1924, this intriguing work of science fiction, categorized by Bleiler under 'imaginary wars and inventions' (the work anticipates a 'second world war' and the importance of communications technology, including the coding, decoding, transmission & interception of messages). Alexander Forbes was a Harvard physiologist who contributed considerably to the fields...
Topics: librivox, audiobooks, military communications codes messaging
LibriVox recording of The City of Dreadful Night and Other Poems by James Thomson. Read in English by MoonLylith. While primarily known for being pessimistic, the poetry of James Thomson (1834-1882) is also beautiful and psychologically complex. This 1903 edition, varying as it does in selection from the edition of the same name published during his lifetime, provides a representative look at what has come to be known as his best works. The title poem is a horror-laced journey through depths...
Topics: librivox, audiobooks, Gothic, victorian, dark, precise
LibriVox recording of The Luckiest Girl in the School by Angela Brazil. Read in English by Katie Francesca and Jim Locke Winona Woodward faces a sudden reversal in family fortunes when she wins a scholarship to Seaton High School. This book by Angela Brazil helped to establish the girls' school story genre, and is therefore full of young, active, independent girls and all the emotions and relationships typical of boarding school life in the early 1900s - Summary by Katie Francesca For further...
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LibriVox recording of Anecdotes of the Habits and Instinct of Animals by Mrs Robert Lee. Read in English by LibriVox Volunteers. Stories about unusual interactions between animals and humans that reflect some attitudes to the wild in the mid-eighteen hundreds, including trophy hunting. "Chronically ill and often in pain," the author, Mary Custis Lee, experienced "hardship with sturdy and radiant faith." Maybe that's why she did not turn away in this book, from unpleasant and...
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LibriVox recording of Betty Gordon at Bramble Farm by Alice B. Emerson. Read in English by Marie Christian. Betty Gordon found herself an orphan at age twelve. She became the ward of her uncle, Richard Gordon. She immediately came to love her uncle dearly. Unfortunately, his job took him on travels regularly. Therefore, he decided to send Betty to spend the summer with an old friend, Agatha Peabody, at Bramble Farm. Little did Uncle Dick or Betty know, that Bramble Farm was not a welcoming or...
Topics: librivox, audiobooks, children, orphans, farm
LibriVox recording of A Little Garland of Celtic Verse by Various Authors. Read in English by czandra Poems of Ireland by various poets, including WB Yeats. Songful, soulful poems of the Ireland so many left behind (Summary by Czandra) For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit...
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LibriVox recording of Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, Vol. 2. No. 13, October, 1920 by W. H. Fawcett. Read in English by LibriVox volunteers. "Captain Billy's Whiz Bang" was an iconic magazine of American wit and humor launched by W.H. Fawcett in 1919. Each 64-page issue is packed with jokes, quips, and humorous bits of writing. Each year it grew in popularity, and Fawcett’s success lead to the formation of the well-known Fawcett Publications, which issued "Whiz Comics" and...
Topics: librivox, audiobooks, satire, poetry, military, wit, limericks, rhymes, laughter, jokes, quips,...
LibriVox recording of Radioisotopes in Medicine by Earl W. Phelan. Read in English by Librivox volunteers This is a book in the "Understanding the Atom Series" from the Division of Technical Information, U. S. Atomic Energy Commission. The author gives a short overview of the field and outlines the diagnostic and therapeutic uses of radioisotopes in medicine with examples of application. The book gives an accurate historical view of the state of medical radiotherapy in 1966. - Summary...
Topics: librivox, audiobooks, science, physics, chemistry, health, isotopes, radiotherapy, cancer therapy,...
LibriVox recording of The Old House by Cécile Tormay. (Translated by Emil Torday.) Read in English by Librivox volunteers On a snowy winter's evening, Christopher Ulwing returns to his home, known as The New House for the last thirty years. Settled between the Buda hills and the plains of Pest, on the banks of the Danube, the suburb of Leopold has an abandoned feel, but Christopher has been given the task of restoring the castle, to the chagrin of its current resident, his son, John Hubert. At...
Topics: librivox, audiobooks, Hungary, revolution, family, socialism, Reflection, budapest
LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of Epitaph on a Hare by William Cowper. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for March 13, 2022. Read in English by Algy Pug; Brize C; Bruce Kachuk; Craig Franklin; Newgatenovelist; Garth Burton; yourbookvoice; Kaydence; czandra; Larry Wilson; LeeSalter; Lee Vogler; Patrick Wallace and Winnifred Assmann. This Fortnightly Poem features an ode to a pet hare. - Summary by David Lawrence For further information, including links to online text, reader...
Topics: librivox, audiobooks, literature, poetry, nature, philosophy, pets, rabbits
LibriVox recording of La Main enchantée by Gérard de Nerval. Read in French by Christiane Jehanne La Main enchantée ou "La Main de gloire". Edition 1901. Préface de Jules de Marthold très intéressante. Conte fantastique, macaronique, burlesque, une nouvelle de Gérard de Nerval fort célèbre, à méditer… Un drapier, Eustache, et le neveu de son épouse se provoquent, un duel est organisé… Eustache, effrayé, cherche un moyen pas très ordinaire de gagner… - Summary by...
Topics: librivox, audiobooks, paris, France, conte, fantastique, histoire
LibriVox recording of Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Lovers by Elbert Hubbard. Read in English by LibriVox volunteers. Elbert Hubbard describes the homes of authors, poets, social reformers and other prestigious people, reflecting on how their surroundings may have influenced them. These short essays are part biography and part pontification of Hubbard's opinion of the subject and their oeuvre. In this volume he reflects on famous love affairs of well-known couples like William Godwin...
Topics: librivox, audiobooks, romance, biography, essays, lovers, authors, couples, politicians
LibriVox recording of Legenden von Rübezahl aus "Volksmärchen der Deutschen" by Johann Karl August Musäus. Read in German by Friedrich In fünf umfangreichen Legenden führt uns der Autor auf die Spur des weit über das böhmische Riesengebirge hinaus bekannten Berggeistes Rübezahl. Der widersprüchliche Charakter des "Gnomen", dessen Schabernack sowohl liebevoll als auch roh und brutal sein kann, wird durch die Beschreibung von J. K. A. Musäus treffend dargestellt:...
Topics: librivox, audiobooks, sagen, Märchen
LibriVox recording of Miss Bracegirdle and Others by Stacy Aumonier. Read in English by MichaelMaggs. A 1923 collection of tales by the British author Stacy Aumonier (1877–1928), described by John Galsworthy as "one of the best short-story writers of all time." This collection includes two of Aumonier's best-known works, "The Octave of Jealousy" and "Where Was Wych Street?" (listener warning: includes two occurrences of the n-word). It opens with the very funny...
Topics: librivox, audiobooks, bracegirdle duty, wych street, octave jealousy, funny man, accident crime,...
LibriVox recording of Dog: A Selection of Stories by Various. Read in English by David Wales The title says it all: stories about dogs. - Summary by david wales For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit librivox.org . M4B Audiobook (108MB)
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LibriVox recording of The Female American by Unca Eliza Winkfield. Read in English by Nikki Cain “The Female American; Or The Adventures of Unca Eliza Winkfield, Written by Herself in Two Volumes” was anonymously published under the pseudonym Unca Eliza Winkfield in 1767. Unca Eliza, a half-Native American and half-English woman, is shipwrecked on an island. Discovering the remnants of past civilization, Unca Eliza utilizes the tools she finds and her extensive knowledge (derived from her...
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LibriVox recording of The Bagpipers by George Sand. (Translated by Katherine Prescott Wormeley.) Read in English by Peter Tucker A story of two sets of lovers and the development of their relationships, set in rural France in the mid 19th century. - Summary by PeterTucker For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to...
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LibriVox recording of His Wisdom, the Defender: A Story by Simon Newcomb. Read in English by Terry Kroenung. A millionaire genius invents a flying armored suit, a la Iron Man. - Summary by Terry Kroenung For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit librivox.org . M4B Audiobook (187MB)
Topics: librivox, audiobooks, Edisonade, utopian, superhero
LibriVox recording of Beyond the Vanishing Point by Ray Cummings. Read in English by Christine Rottger; marns007; mathemagic; Albert Friedman; czandra; LeonFakks; copyhatter; Andrew Gaunce; Nancy Gorgen. When George Randolph first caught sight of Orena, he was astounded by its gleaming perfection. Here were hills and valleys, lakes and streams, glowing with the light of the most precious of metals. And, more astonishing than that, it was a world of miniature perfection—an infinitely tiny...
Topics: librivox, audiobooks, science fiction, Friendship, fantastic, atomic, miniature universe
LibriVox Aufnahme von Winnetou II von Karl May. Gelesen auf Deutsch von Katharina21 In diesem Band verfolgt Winnetou weiterhin den Mörder Santer. Währenddessen führt es den Ich-Erzähler Old Shatterhand kreuz und quer durch die USA. Er reitet zunächst nach St. Louis, wo er die geretteten Zeichnungen im Surveying Office abgibt, dann verschlägt es ihn nach New York. Er trifft neue und alte Bekannte und besteht mit ihnen mehrere neue Abenteuer im Westen. - Zusammenfassung von Katharina21 For...
Topics: librivox, audiobooks, adventure, western, german fiction, german language, Deutsch
LibriVox recording of Sonnets and Odes by Francesco Petrarca. (Translated by John Nott.) Read in English and Italian by Algy Pug; Pier; Francesco Petrarca, known in the English speaking world simply as Petrarch, was a 14th-century Italian scholar and poet, who was one of the first to write in Italian as a literary language. Today he is most famous for his sonnets, many of which focus on the superior charms of his innamorata, Laura. John Nott was English physician and classical scholar. In...
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LibriVox recording of The Pirate, and The Three Cutters by Frederick Marryat. Read in English by Librivox volunteers Pirates are the subject of many a dime novel and boys' stories, but they tend to be portrayed as one-dimensional. Such is the case here. The captain of The Avenger is a Byronic or even a Michael Scottish hero—an impossible monster, compounded of one virtue and a thousand crimes. Marryat drew on his recollections of the time when he was a midshipman with Cochrane in the...
Topics: librivox, audiobooks, pirates, seafaring, Royal Navy, smuggling
LibriVox recording of The Story of Greece: Told to Boys and Girls by Mary Esther Miller MacGregor. Read in English by Librivox volunteers A retelling of Greek myths, history and stories aimed at children. For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit librivox.org . M4B Audiobook (320MB)
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LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 recordings of On A Tear By Samuel Rogers. This was the Weekly Poetry project for March 12, 2022. Read in English by Algy Pug; Brize C; Bruce Kachuk; Newgatenovelist; Ethan Montaise; Garth Burton; yourbookvoice; Kaydence; KevinS; Larry Wilson; LeeSalter; Patrick Randall and RajVO. Our poet reflects on the magical mysteries of a woman's tears. (David Lawrence) For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or...
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LibriVox recording of Paulicea Desvairada by Mario de Andrade. Read in Portuguese by Rachel Moraes Paulicea Desvairada – livro de Mário de Andrade, publicado em julho de 1922. A leitura de trechos deste livro foi um dos pontos altos - e polêmicos - da Semana de Arte Moderna. Além do “prefácio interessantíssimo”, que aborda as bases do modernismo brasileiro, o livro traz 23 poemas. Paulicea Desvairada é escrito em tom irreverente, combativo e versos livres, sem métrica nem rima. Em...
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LibriVox recording of Radioisotopes and Life Processes by Renato Baserga; Walter E. Kisieleski. Read in English by LibriVox Volunteers This is a book in the "Understanding the Atom Series".from the Division of Technical Information, U. S. Atomic Energy Commission. The authors explore general cell theory, radioisotopes as "biologic detectives," the basics of DNA and RNA in cell structure, protein synthesis and the role of radioisotopes in research. - Summary by Larry Wilson...
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LibriVox recording of Collected Works of Elisabeth Sanxay Holding by Elisabeth Sanxay Holding. Read in English by Krista Zaleski. A collection of 4 short works by Elisabeth Sanxay Holding. - Summary by Krista Zaleski For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit librivox.org . M4B Audiobook...
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LibriVox recording of Are Women People? A Book of Rhymes for Suffrage Times by Alice Duer Miller. Read in English by LibriVox Volunteers A collection of poetry and some other short works by suffragist Alice Duer MIller. Many of these satirical works were first published in the New York Times. The work consists of five sections: Treacherous Texts, Campaign Material (For Both Sides), Women's Sphere, A Masque of Teachers, and The Unconscious Suffragists. (Summary by mleigh) For further...
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LibriVox recording of Las Germanias by Publius Cornelius Tacitus. (Translated by Baltasar Alamos.) Read in Spanish by Epachuko Obra etnografica en la que el historiador romano Tácito describe el territorio, las gentes y las costumbres de los pueblos germanos a partir de diferentes textos y testimonios. Este texto contribuyó notablemente a difundir cierta imagen romántica y estereotipada de lo que los romanos denominaban "pueblos bárbaros". (Introducción por Epachuko) For further...
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LibriVox recording of Father Thames by Walter Higgins. Read in English by LibriVox Volunteers. Originally published in 1922, this work details the history and importance of one of Great Britain's grandest rivers, the River Thames. It includes information on the river's geography and its role in the founding of London. This is a fascinating read for anyone with an interest in the history of the river. The River Thames takes its name from the Middle English Temese, which is derived from the...
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LibriVox recording of Stratagems and Conspiracies to Defraud Life Insurance Companies: An Authentic Record of Remarkable Cases by John B. Lewis; Charles C. Bombaugh. Read in English by volunteer readers. A thorough treatise on different ways people have tried to defraud life insurance companies, with many entertaining examples. "The present . . . volume is . . . commended as a trustworthy record to those for whose use and reference it is primarily intended—life insurance companies and...
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LibriVox recording of The Wreck of the Corsaire by William Clark Russell. Read in English by Steven Seitel This book was published in 1897. When cabin passenger Mr. Catesby climbs into the rigging of the Ruby in search of cooler air, he is struck full in the face and chest by an errant seabird bearing a sealed tin box tied about its neck. What he finds in that box leads him to unexpected encounters with a wrecked ship, chests of gold, thirst, desperation, and some curiously courteous...
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LibriVox recording of Los mil y un fantasmas, vol. 2 by Alexandre Dumas. (Translated by Amancio Peratoner.) Read in Spanish by Epachuko; Carlos Lombardi; MiltonFMH; sheilamarr; fervasquez; Axyamelia; Sandraabreu En este segundo volumen de "Los mil y un fantasmas" Dumas comparte una historia que, en su lecho de muerte le confesó su maestro Carlos Nodier. Tiene como protagonista al escrito de terror E.T.A. Hoffmann y sus aventuras en el París de la Revolución Francesa. "La mujer...
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LibriVox recording of News From No Man's Land by James Green. Read in English by David Wales James Green (1864-1948) was a Methodist minister who was a chaplain to Australian troops in the Boer War and in the Australian Imperial Force in World War I. This memoir was published 1917, while the war was on-going. “In spite of necessary suppression, or vagueness of names of localities, my comrades of the Fifty-fifth Battalion, to which I was attached, will recognize many of the incidents...
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LibriVox recording of The Judgment of Eve by May Sinclair. Read in English by Kirsten Wever May Sinclair was a prolific author, literary critic, and feminist activist, famous in Britain and the US in the 1910’s and 20’s. The Judgment of Eve, like most of her novels, uses irony and understatement to expose the hypocrisy of the social order by revealing the tragic social reality of women’s powerlessness within it. Aggie is by far the best looking, and the best educated young woman in her...
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LibriVox recording of Viaje a América (Tomo 1 de 2) by Rafael Puig y Valls. Read in Spanish by LibriVox Volunteers. La crónica de un periodista español que asistió a la Exposición Universal de Chicago en 1893, y que después viajó a través de los Estados Unidos, Méjico, Cuba y Puerto Rico, anotando sus observaciones y experiencias, para luego mandarlas a publicar en el diario madrileño La Vanguardia. Su narración es descriptiva, pero también incluye muchas opiniones y comentario...
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LibriVox recording of Ghetto Comedies by Israel Zangwill. Read in English by Anthony Ogus; A series of tales, poignant as well as comic, set in the Jewish East End of London by the writer known as the "Dickens of the ghetto" - Summary by Anthony Ogus For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a...
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LibriVox recording of Stormy, Misty's Foal by Marguerite Henry. Read in English by Librivox volunteers. Misty is a Chincoteague pony mare who is close to foaling, and the Beebe family is anxious about it. Unfortunately, a terrible storm system arrives first, setting up over Chincoteague with floods, hurricane winds, ice, and snow. The story is fictional, but is based on historical characters, human and equine. Stormy describes events on Chincoteague Island during the Ash Wednesday Storm that...
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LibriVox recording of Tales of Unrest (version 2) by Joseph Conrad. Read in English by Peter Dann A brave Malay chieftain suffers from a surprising vulnerability. After giving birth to a series of unfortunate children, a farmer's wife is determined to bear no more. A spoonful of sugar brings a neophyte ivory trader to a moment of Nietzschean self-realisation. A pompous ass discovers that his wife has run off with another man. Secluded in an eerie lagoon, a Malay carries a guilty secret in his...
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LibriVox recording of The Wonder Book of Bible Stories by Logan Marshall. Read in English by Ron Altman Book of Bible stories from the Old and New Testaments, in language easy for children to understand. - Summary by Ron Altman For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit librivox.org ....
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LibriVox recording of First From The Front by Harold Ashton. Read in English by Steve C In this brief book I have lifted a very small corner of the curtain of war, to tell of my adventures — a week in the North Sea, and a breathless score of days in Northern France. I have touched upon both Tragedy and Comedy as they came my way. The tragedy is terrible enough - I have put it down plainly and unvarnished. From Tragedy to Comedy, it is but a step, along the gloomiest corridor of life one sees...
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LibriVox volunteers bring you 23 recordings of listening by John Frederick Freeman. This was the Weekly Poetry project for March 20, 2022. Read in English by alattice; Algy Pug; anushrim; Bruce Kachuk; dc; David Lawrence; Newgatenovelist; Ellen Adams; Greg Giordano; Garth Burton; yourbookvoice; KevinS; Lee Ann Howlett; lchin30; Larry Wilson; LeeSalter; nbvoices; Nan Dodge; Patrick Wallace; Patrick Randall; Quincy Minor; rachely and SusannahLouise. The poet describes a pasture in the...
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LibriVox recording of Joseph and his Brethren by W. K. Tweedie. Read in English by volunteer readers. "The story of Joseph is at once so simple that childhood is arrested and rivetted by it, and so profound that sages may deepen their wisdom by meditating on the truths which it embodies. An attempt is here made to point out some of the more important lessons which the narrative teaches,—to manifest the wisdom and the watchfulness of Providence,—and show how God on high exercises his...
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